280lb 13 yr old girl who consumes 7000 calories daily 'in anguish' over weight
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From: The Daily Rant on 24 Feb 2006 09:33 Anguish of the girl of 13 who weighs 20-stone (280 lbs) by LUKE SALKELD, Daily Mail 07:39am 23rd November 2004 Natalie Cox: Fears over-eating could kill her A girl of 13 who weighs 20-stone and takes no exercise has been told she could be snacking herself to death. Natalie Cox consumes four times the recommended number of calories for a child of her age. She wears size 30 clothes and minimal movement leaves her out of breath. The 5ft 5in schoolgirl was even forced to give up her greatest love, riding, when she became too heavy for the ponies. Natalie, who is asthmatic and has a 50in waist, starts her day healthily with a breakfast of beans on toast. But by the time she tucks into her regular lunch of jacket potato with cheese and beans, she has also eaten a sandwich, muffins, crisps, a sausage roll and a pizza. Before dinner she has added cake, sweets, more packets of crisps, a bar of chocolate, half a packet of biscuits and cheese sandwiches to her daily menu. After all of this and a supper of steak and vegetables, Natalie will consume a family-size bar of chocolate, a king-size Mars and two bowls of cereal before bed time. Under her bed are wrappers from hidden snacks of crisps and sweets. Now Natalie has been told she faces drastic surgery to dramatically reduce her weight - or risk an early grave. Her frightened mother Cheryl, 40, said: "I sat her down and told her that she will die if she continues to eat like this but she just eats more. "The only thing that will work is for her to have an operation where they put a band round her stomach to limit her intake." Natalie, who lives in Winchester, Hampshire, with her parents and ten-year-old brother Peter, says she turns to food for comfort because she is bullied about her weight. "I'm desperate to get thin so I can buy clothes like all the people at school," she said. "They tease me and I get depressed. My bones click when I walk and I get out of breath." Natalie's daily calorie intake has reached 7,000 - vastly over the recommended 1,800. Mrs Cox says she and her security officer husband Kenneth, 58, have tried everything to limit her eating. "I've repeatedly taken her to the doctor's, to slimming classes and I've even hired her a personal trainer," said Mrs Cox, a care worker who spends £90 a week on her daughter's food. "I have tried not buying so much but she finds other ways of getting it." Natalie has been referred to several specialist dieticians but Mrs Cox, who weighs 18-stone (252 lbs), says diets are not the answer. "I'm trying desperately to get her the operation but privately it costs about £3,500 and we just can't afford that," she said. Rates of childhood obesity in the UK have tripled in the past 20 years and around a fifth of ten-year-olds are overweight, drastically in-creasing their chances of diabetes and strokes. Last week, the Government revealed plans to ban junk food adverts on television until after 9pm. The same White Paper also proposed personal trainers and "lifestyle gurus" on the NHS after it was revealed that England has the fastest-growing weight problem in Europe. Last night Natalie's mother added: "She has no quality of life. She's 13 and has no friends. I'm at my wits' end." This story first appeared in the Globe and Mail (UK)
From: tunderbar on 24 Feb 2006 10:05 The Daily Rant wrote: > Anguish of the girl of 13 who weighs 20-stone (280 lbs) > by LUKE SALKELD, Daily Mail > > 07:39am 23rd November 2004 > > Natalie Cox: Fears over-eating could kill her > > A girl of 13 who weighs 20-stone and takes no exercise has been told > she could be snacking herself to death. Natalie Cox consumes four times > the recommended number of calories for a child of her age. She wears > size 30 clothes and minimal movement leaves her out of breath. The 5ft > 5in schoolgirl was even forced to give up her greatest love, riding, > when she became too heavy for the ponies. > > Natalie, who is asthmatic and has a 50in waist, starts her day > healthily with a breakfast of beans on toast carbs on carbs... >. But by the time she tucks > into her regular lunch of jacket potato with cheese and beans, she has > also eaten a sandwich, muffins, crisps, a sausage roll and a pizza. carbs, fats, carbs, carbs, carbs, carbs, fat and protein, carbs.... > > Before dinner she has added cake, sweets, more packets of crisps, a bar > of chocolate, half a packet of biscuits and cheese sandwiches to her > daily menu. carbs, carbs, carbs, carbs, carbs, carbs and fat...... >After all of this and a supper of steak and vegetables, protein, fats and good carbs..... > Natalie will consume a family-size bar of chocolate, a king-size Mars > and two bowls of cereal before bed time. Under her bed are wrappers > from hidden snacks of crisps and sweets. carbs, carbs, carbs, wrappers from carbs and carbs...... > > Now Natalie has been told she faces drastic surgery to dramatically > reduce her weight - or risk an early grave. Her frightened mother > Cheryl, 40, said: "I sat her down and told her that she will die if she > continues to eat like this but she just eats more. "The only thing that > will work is for her to have an operation where they put a band round > her stomach to limit her intake." > > Natalie, who lives in Winchester, Hampshire, with her parents and > ten-year-old brother Peter, says she turns to food for comfort because > she is bullied about her weight. "I'm desperate to get thin so I can > buy clothes like all the people at school," she said. "They tease me > and I get depressed. My bones click when I walk and I get out of > breath." > > Natalie's daily calorie intake has reached 7,000 - vastly over the > recommended 1,800. Mrs Cox says she and her security officer husband > Kenneth, 58, have tried everything to limit her eating. Calories mostly from carbs....... > > "I've repeatedly taken her to the doctor's, to slimming classes and > I've even hired her a personal trainer," said Mrs Cox, a care worker > who spends £90 a week on her daughter's food. "I have tried not buying > so much but she finds other ways of getting it." Natalie has been > referred to several specialist dieticians but Mrs Cox, who weighs > 18-stone (252 lbs), says diets are not the answer. > > "I'm trying desperately to get her the operation but privately it costs > about £3,500 and we just can't afford that," she said. > > Rates of childhood obesity in the UK have tripled in the past 20 years > and around a fifth of ten-year-olds are overweight, drastically > in-creasing their chances of diabetes and strokes. Last week, the > Government revealed plans to ban junk food adverts on television until > after 9pm. The same White Paper also proposed personal trainers and > "lifestyle gurus" on the NHS after it was revealed that England has the > fastest-growing weight problem in Europe. > > Last night Natalie's mother added: "She has no quality of life. She's > 13 and has no friends. I'm at my wits' end." > > This story first appeared in the Globe and Mail (UK) Maybe she should cut out the fats and eat more carbs? I'll bet that is what her doctor tells her to do. But she'll take a shortcut and get stomach stapling. That is really addressing the underlying problem eh? TC
From: Gandalf Parker on 24 Feb 2006 10:19 "The Daily Rant" <The_Daily_Rant(a)hotmail.com> contributed wisdom to news:1140791625.140748.246110(a)z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com: > "I've repeatedly taken her to the doctor's, to slimming classes and > I've even hired her a personal trainer," Sounds like the right things are being done Gandalf Parker
From: tunderbar on 24 Feb 2006 10:22 Karstens Rage wrote: > tunderbar(a)hotmail.com wrote: > > > carbs on carbs... > > > > carbs, fats, carbs, carbs, carbs, carbs, fat and protein, carbs.... > > > > carbs, carbs, carbs, carbs, carbs, carbs and fat...... > > > > protein, fats and good carbs..... > > > > carbs, carbs, carbs, wrappers from carbs and carbs...... > > > > Calories mostly from carbs....... > > > > Maybe she should cut out the fats and eat more carbs? I'll bet that is > > what her doctor tells her to do. But she'll take a shortcut and get > > stomach stapling. That is really addressing the underlying problem eh? > > > > Maybe she should just cut the calories? A 1/2 stick of butter, 1 T. > sugar and a can of tuna is all she gets per day. > > k How about she eats a filling healthy nutrient-dense diet with good healthy animal fats and proteins and whole food carbs. It is called low carb. And it is diametrically opposite to what she's been doing all her life and what got her fat in the first place. TC
From: tunderbar on 24 Feb 2006 10:23
Gandalf Parker wrote: > "The Daily Rant" <The_Daily_Rant(a)hotmail.com> contributed wisdom to > news:1140791625.140748.246110(a)z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com: > > > "I've repeatedly taken her to the doctor's, to slimming classes and > > I've even hired her a personal trainer," > > Sounds like the right things are being done > Gandalf Parker And the "right" things have done squat for her. ime to do the "not so right" thing and for her to go low carb. TC |